.@chandraxray's *real* First Light vs. the "public" First Light. The former is so much more epochal and emotional. But it's hard to explain to the public why it looks cruddy. JWST going through this right now, but the People Who've Seen It are absolutely overjoyed. 
@chandraxray I've only ever seen two true First Lights: MUSE and SPHERE on @ESO's Very Large Telescope. There were lots of tears and hugs. A technical achievement that becomes a human moment *real* fast. I can't imagine what it must've been like to be in the MOC earlier this week.
The absolute first Chandra image. Leon X-1 (the source in my first tweet) is circle #5. Now you get why the big splashy media release First Lights are of more immediately spectacular things. But this is the real moment.
Whoops!! This is Leon-X1. Forgot about PKS0637!
https://twitter.com/AlexeyVikhlinin/status/1489430499621847043
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